Adipocere

Definition:

  • (n.) A soft, unctuous, or waxy substance, of a light brown color, into which the fat and muscle tissue of dead bodies sometimes are converted, by long immersion in water or by burial in moist places. It is a result of fatty degeneration.

Compare adipocere with other words:

adipocere vs. adipose

adipocere vs. adipocire

adipocere vs. tissue

adipocere vs. animal

adipocere vs. substance

adipocere vs. dead

adipocere vs. waxy

adipocere vs. fatty

adipocere vs. brown